Companies Act, 1956
Sec 111A -
Rectification of Register on transfer.
(1) In this section, unless the context
otherwise requires, "company" means a company other than a company
referred to in sub-section (14) of section 111 of this Act.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this section,
the shares or debentures and any interest therein of a company shall be freely
transferable: Provided that if a company without sufficient cause refuses to
register transfer of shares within two months from the date on which the
instrument of transfer or the intimation of transfer, as the case may be, is
delivered to the company, the transferee may appeal to the Company Law Board
and it shall direct such company to register the transfer of shares.
(3) The Company Law Board may, on an
application made by a depository, company, participant or investor or the
Securities and Exchange Board of India, if the transfer of shares or debentures
is in contravention of any of the provisions of the Securities and Exchange
Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), or regulations made thereunder or the
Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (1 of 1986), or any
other law for the time being in force, within two months from the date of
transfer of any shares or debentures held by a depository or from the date on
which the instrument of transfer or the intimation of transmission was
delivered to the company, as the case may be, after such inquiry as it thinks
fit, direct any depository or company to rectify its register or records.
(4) The Company Law Board while acting under
sub-section (3), may at its discretion make such interim order as to suspend
the voting rights before making or completing such enquiry.
(5) The provisions of this section shall not
restrict the right of a holder of shares or debentures, to transfer such shares
or debentures and any person acquiring such shares or debentures shall be
entitled to voting rights unless the voting rights have been suspended by an
order of the Company Law Board.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this
section, any further transfer, during the pendency of the application with the
Company Law Board, of shares or debentures shall entitle the transferee to
voting rights unless the voting rights in respect of such transferee have also
been suspended.
(7) The provisions of sub-sections (5), (7),
(9), (10) and (12) of section 111 shall, so far its may be, apply to the
proceedings before the Company Law Board under this section as they apply to
the proceedings under that section.